Rhino isn't resting on its laurels for Record Store Day! The label has announced its biggest slate ever for Record Store Day, with 30 limited edition 12-inch, 10-inch, and 7-inch vinyl releases due on Saturday, April 18. Full details as provided by the label for all titles can be found below. As always with RSD, these releases will be available exclusively at select independent music retailers on April 18, and you can find the list of participating shops here!
a-ha - Take On Me
7-inch picture disc. Limited edition of 6,500 copies, $14.98
Air - Playground Love
7-inch orange vinyl. Limited edition of 8,100 copies, $9.98
Syd Barrett/R.E.M. - Dark Globe (Side By Side series)
7-inch black, gold, red and white vinyl. Limited edition of 11,700 copies, $7.98
Bee Gees - Extended
12-inch EP. Limited edition of 7,000 copies, $14.98
Blue Mountain Eagle - Blue Mountain Eagle
180-gram LP. Limited edition of 4,500 copies, $24.98
David Bowie - Changes
7-inch picture disc. Limited edition of 15,000 copies, $14.98
David Bowie/Tom Verlaine - Kingdom Come (Side By Side series)
7-inch red and black vinyl. Limited edition of 15,000 copies, $7.98
Deep Purple - Black Night b/w Speed King
7-inch blue vinyl. Limited edition of 8,000 copies, $7.98
The Doors - Strange Days
180-gram mono LP. Individually numbered limited edition of 12,500 copies, $24.98
The Dresden Dolls - The Virginia Monologues
3-LP set on marble vinyl. Individually numbered limited edition of 7,000, $44.98
The Gods - Genesis
Mono splattered vinyl. Limited edition of 5,400 copies, $19.98
Grandmaster Flash/Stiff Little Fingers - The Message (Side By Side series)
7-inch olive green vinyl with red/yellow splatter, limited edition of 5,500 copies, $7.98
Grateful Dead - Wake Up To Find Out: Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale NY 3/29/90
5-LP set on 180-gram vinyl, limited edition of 7,500 copies, $119.98
Happy Mondays - Pills Thrills n' Bellyaches
180-gram yellow vinyl. Limited edition of 6,200 copies, $19.98
Hawkwind - Hawkwind
180-gram orange vinyl. Limited edition of 5,800 copies, $24.98
Jethro Tull - Live At Carnegie Hall 1970
2-LP set on 180-gram vinyl. Limited edition of 9,000 copies, $39.98
Lord Sitar - Lord Sitar
180-gram green vinyl. Limited edition of 4,300 copies, $22.98
Mystery Artists (Side By Side series)
7-inch orange crush and grimace purple vinyl. Limited edition of 7,500 copies, $7.98
The 101ers - Elgin Avenue Breakdown (Revisited)
2-LP set on red vinyl. Limited edition of 7,500 copies, $36.98
Gram Parsons/Lemonheads - Brass Buttons (Side By Side series)
7-inch pink and bronze vinyl. Limited edition of 7,000 copies, $7.98
Jaco Pastorius - The Warner Bros. Years
180-gram LP. Limited edition of 5,200 copies, $24.98
Rainbow Ffolly - Sallies Fforth
140-gram mono splattered vinyl. Limited edition of 5,000 copies, $19.98
Otis Redding - Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul
2-LP stereo/mono set on 180-gram vinyl + blue 7-inch, individually numbered limited edition of 7,500 copies, $44.98
The Replacements - Alex Chilton
10-inch EP. Limited edition of 9,000 copies, $14.98
Ride - OX4: The Best Of Ride
2-LP set on translucent red vinyl. Limited edition of 6,300 copies, $36.98
The Saints - Eternally Yours
12-inch translucent green vinyl. Limited edition of 5,000 copies, $19.98
The Stooges - Have Some Fun: Live At Ungano's
12-inch black and white spattered vinyl. Limited edition of 10,800 copies, $19.98
Supergrass - Sofa (Of My Lethagy) b/w I Believe In Love
7-inch colored vinyl in disco bag. Limited edition of 8,000 copies, $9.98
Tomorrow - Tomorrow
140-gram mono splattered vinyl. Limited edition of 5,300 copies, $19.98
Dionne Warwick/The Stranglers - Walk On By (Side By Side series)
7-inch magenta and blue vinyl. Limited edition of 6,500 copies. $7.98
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I may be in the minority of those who read The Second Disc, but I'm getting concerned at the number of releases - particularly for something like Record Store Day - which are on vinyl only and have no current (or ever) availability on CD. Given the increase of vinyl, and the scarcity of retail stores that sell CDs - especially any outside the top 10 or 20 in Rock, Pop, R&B, and Country - I wonder how long it will be before Record Store Day starts to celebrate the CD!
You are not alone in that sentiment.
Here here!
I am not, and will never be again, a vinyl collector. It's unfair to neglect CDs on Record Store Day. For instance: that "Bee Gees Extended" looks to be a re-print of the rare RSO disco promo that came out for DJ's in 1978 with extended versions of all the "Saturday Night Fever" tracks. EVERY ONE OF THOSE should've been included on the forthcoming "Bee Gees: 1974-1979" CD box's bonus disc. But they weren't.
Three releases that interest me:
- The Doors – Strange Days (180-gram mono LP. Individually numbered limited edition of 12,500 copies, $24.98)
- Rainbow Ffolly – Sallies Fforth (140-gram mono splattered vinyl. Limited edition of 5,000 copies, $19.98)
- Tomorrow – Tomorrow (140-gram mono splattered vinyl. Limited edition of 5,300 copies, $19.98)
Really did not know about Sallies Fforth having a mono mix before (PMC 7050, apparently). And that is a very rare album to find, so this must be even rarer! Nice of them to release the very-rare but superior mono mix of Tomorrow's album, though! And it's great to see the Doors' Strange Days get a rerelease in mono, too.
...The one thing I can hope for, though, not being a vinyl guy, is that these get a digital release somehow! Whether it be through CD or iTunes/Amazon/Qobuz/Pono/etc.!
Maybe I'll elbow my way to the Doors-album too. More resounding punch is promised by John Densmore.
I'm interested in how many copies were made of each release, and I'm curious why the amounts here differ from those on the Record Store Day site. http://download.recordstoreday.com/free/RSD_2015_RELEASES_WEBSITE.pdf
In particular, the amounts differ for Bee Gees, R.E.M./Syd Barrett, Gram Parson/Lemonheads, Tomorrow and Dionne Warwick/Stranglers. Are these worldwide numbers and RSD list U.S. numbers? Or some other explanation?